This book is the first to offer a dual-purpose resource: a robust theoretical foundation detailing how task constraints impact team sports players, then moving to provide examples for a number of major team sports, demonstrating how to implement conditioned games and incorporate them into a weekly training schedule. This new, cutting-edge volume is not just about theory; it’s also a practical guide that bridges the gap between research evidence and real-world applications. Whether you’re a student or an academic in the field of sport coaching and performance, or a practicing coach looking to transform your approach, Conditioned Games for Team Sports Training serves as a roadmap to incorporating conditioned games and unlocking the full potential of your training activities to elevate your coaching game and bring a new dimension to your team’s performance.
Filipe Manuel Batista Clemente is an associate professor at Escola Superior de Desporto e Lazer de Melgaço at IPVC, Portugal. His research focuses specifically on the influence and the application of small-sided and conditioned games as a specific methodology to improve the sports training in team sports. In addition, he has also been developing a set of technological metrics applied to sports analysis to identify the collective organization of team sports and to identify the individual variables of performance in match and in training context.